Day: January 19, 2023

Steve MarrAfter 17 years with SIG, and more than 30 years in construction products sales, Steve Marr has been seconded to be interim chief executive of Construction Product Information Ltd (CPI), the company set up to administer the proposed Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI)....

CGI of the new campusBalfour Beatty will manage construction of three interlinking buildings spanning more than 20,000 sqm. The buildings will house teaching facilities and classrooms for students, staff and corporate clients. Once complete, the £220m campus will bring together approximately 4,500 school pupils and...

The six offshore wind farms will have potential to power more than seven million homesThe six offshore wind farms are expected to starting coming on stream by the end of the decade and have potential to generate 8GW of electricity – enough for more than...

Global Energy’s Shop 7 premises in the Port of NiggChristopher Wayne Earley, a director at CWE Asbestos Consultants, was carrying out an asbestos survey on 10th December 2020 when an electric panel that he was inspecting exploded. He suffered burns to a third of his...

Lancaster City Council has been allocated £50m for the Eden Project North in MorecambeA total of £2.1bn is being allocated in round two of what the government calls ‘levelling up’ funding – but the councils will need to get a move on to make sure...

Graham Construction is building the Baird Family Hospital and Anchor Centre in AberdeenEmergency services were called to the Foresterhill Health Campus at around 9.40am on Wednesday 18th January following a report of a man suffering a head injury on a construction site. Police Scotland said:...

James Mackenzie (left) and Angela RushforthAfter 28 years with the business, Kieran Griffin, currently managing director of Travis Perkins General Merchant, has decided to leave – ‘to explore new opportunities’, the company said. To replace him, James Mackenzie, currently managing director of Toolstation UK, will...